Signalling Pathways 2016 – Personalised Medicine

ELCC 2016 – Lung Cancer

Mark you diaries now for ELCC 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland. 13-16 April 2016

IMPAKT 2016 – Breast Cancer

Save the date for the IMPAKT 2016 breast cancer conference: 12-14 May 2016

ESMO 2016 Congress

Mark you diaries now for ESMO 2016 in Copenhagen, Denmark. 7-11 October 2016

ESMO 2017 Congress

Save the date for ESMO 2017: 8-12 September 2017 in Madrid, Spain

Preceptorship Meetings

Educational events on specific topics or cancer types and aim to provide a learning experience and training for young oncologists

Workshops & Courses

ESMO fosters the advancement of cancer research by supporting clinical trials workshops to inspire young oncologists from different disciplines across the globe to become the next generation of active researchers.

Patient Guides

Our cervical cancer, endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer patient guides are now available in Italian

Personalised Medicine Explained

Video interviews and articles designed to help patients, policy makers and other non-medical professionals better understand the principles of personalised cancer medicine

Getting the Most out of Your Oncologist

Now available in Greek, our Guide for Patients with Advanced Cancer is designed for patients, their family members and oncologists.

Designated Centres of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care

The ESMO Designated Centres of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care accreditation programme recognises cancer centres which provide comprehensive services in supportive and palliative care as part of their routine care.

ESMO Designated Centre of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care

History

Medical Oncology Unit at the “San Salvatore” Hospital of L’Aquila, Italy, was established in 1990. It’s structured with an in-hospital ward, an out-patient clinic, a home care service and a laboratory for bio-molecular research.

Profile

In-hospital ward has ten beds, out-patients clinic eight beds. Eight oncologists, two psychologists, a neurologist and a physiotherapist are members of the staff.

Specialities

The centre is traditionally involved in research on new options for treatment of solid tumours, with particular attention to breast and colon-rectal cancer.In 2002 was established a team, called Supportive Care Task Force, fully dedicated to supportive, palliative and home care.

Palliative and supportive care

Palliative care is administered by the Supportive Care Task Force, formed by four oncologists, two neurologists, two psychologists and a physiotherapist.SCTF manages an in-hospital palliative care unit (four beds inside the Medical Oncology Unit), an out-patients clinics and a home care service.

A “Pain Clinic” and a “Nutrition Clinic” were established recently in order to provide a tailored evaluation and treatment of pain and anorexia.

SCTF is involved in research in the field of supportive and palliative care, publishing regularly papers in peer-reviewed international journals.